Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s episode features songs that pulled their subject matter directly from the works of classic literature. Time Artist Song Work Inspired 7:01…
Read MoreMarvin Lee Aday passed away. He was 74. But if you’ve never known him as Marvin Lee Aday, you would certainly know him by his stage name. Meat Loaf. For Meat Loaf was one of the strongeset purveyors of bombastic theatrical rock, a musical genre that encompassed big, stirring lyrics, explosive melodies, and movement changes…
Read MoreIf you’re old enough to remember a program named Hee Haw, just remembering it can bring a smile to your face. The show was full of cornpone humor, sort of a Laugh-In for the redneck set. Plenty of quick, snappy gags and one-liners, interspersed with legendary country music and bluegrass performances. And did I mention…
Read MoreLast week, during my radio broadcast, I played a couple of songs whose roots came from classic literature. No, seriously. If I were to tell you, “I have some songs whose subject matter involved some texts from vintage books,” you’d probably say, “Great, Chuck, so what did you play AFTER Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’?” Well,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 got too close to my life. Too fucking close. It hit someone very close to me. One of the few family members I’ve allowed to remain close. Suffice it to say that they’re still fighting it, and although they haven’t gone to the emerency room, they’re still battling symptoms. So anybody that tells you…
Read MoreIn 2017, I captured my first-ever solar eclipse photographs. I drove all the way to South Carolina, and with the help of a special solar filter applied to my camera lens, I captured some sweet eclipse phases. I still have a soft spot in my heart for that image. You know … this one. But…
Read MoreUnderstand this. There was a time when I treated the Toll Gate Ice Cream shoppe as both a comforting location for some tasty ice cream and burger food, but also as a place to center my photographic concepts. Think about it. A cute little ice cream parlor, situated at the confluence of New Scotland Road…
Read MoreGood morning, my wonderful blog readers. It’s Saturday, and surprisingly, I see this big brilliant ball of light in the sky. It’s been a while since we’ve seen that. And with reports of an upcoming monster snowstorm in the next couple of days, it may be a while before we see it again. But until…
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The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. 7:01 PM Norma Tanega Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog 7:04 PM Big Dee Irwin and Little Eva…
Read MoreThere’s a section of Australia known as the Shipwreck Coast, not far from Melbourne. And on the Shipwreck Coast is a section known as the Belfast Coast Reserve, where 37,000 years ago, a great volcano created a geological outcropping known as Tower Hill. And after dealing with the cold weather of upstate New York, I…
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